eBay has bought StumbleUpon for $75m (£38m) in cash, writes Netimperative. StumbleUpon recommends content, websites and other online information to its members based on votes from other users with similar interests. StumbleUpon currently has 2.3m registered users and receives 5m new recommendations for online content per day. According to analysts the site’s peer recommendation system […]
eBay has bought StumbleUpon for $75m (£38m) in cash, writes Netimperative. StumbleUpon recommends content, websites and other online information to its members based on votes from other users with similar interests. StumbleUpon currently has 2.3m registered users and receives 5m new recommendations for online content per day. According to analysts the site’s peer recommendation system could be used to help eBay users find online auctions which match their interests.
From Netimperative: http://www.netimperative.com, 31/05/2007
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